Living in America as a South African| Culture Shocks|Aupair|South African YouTuber 

As someone who was born in America this video is hilarious. I've never considered how awkward it would be for someone from South Africa to visit America ... Now I totally understand.

I was Aupair coming from SA. Left 20 years ago and made America my home. Married and kids here. I too, had culture shock but I did adjust

1. Driving on the other side of the road 2. People only speaking english and not vernac 3. No taxis and south african cars, no cabs, mostly found in the cities 4. Calorie counts on all food 5. Not having petrol assustants at petrol stations (filling up your car by yourself) 6. How expensive it is to do hair 7. People don’t relax their hair 8. Most foods and items are in family size/bulk size 9. Tax not being included in prices 10. At restaurants they don’t have cards machines, they take your card to the back and make the payment 11. Metric systems not being the same 12. Travelling times are different (for example in SA 30 minutes away is far but in america it’s not that long at all) 13. No walls around homes or only fences and you see your neighbors all the time 14. Adjustment of how you say words and using slang 15. The amount of self service available in america is different from sa

I’m in india from SA In India it’s insane the stare is too much😂😂😂love you sissy all the best watching all the way from India

I'd cry because of hair prices too 😅 That is ridiculous In SA, for $90 you can get unbraiding, washing and braiding at a decent place

Mara I like how unique we south Africans are it's like we live in our own planet we love freedom in complexity and it's in our DNA...it's funny how we work well in groups...put a south African in any group you'll enjoy the attention he/she commands...Pride in public freedom💁🏾‍♂️ normally rea phapha😒

Great video. How I miss SA people. Love hearing your voice and mixing languages 😂😂. I hate the imperial system, we are used to metric system. The card at restaurants always freak me out. I miss having walls between houses. You have great energy.

Nah 'not seeing Quantums, GTI's and a lot of Polos on the road' is freaking hilarious as a culture shock

Please speak a bit slower😭😭😂hape o fast😂

Open a class teaching native South African languages, and solve the problem. You will make a lot of money with no competition. Blessings and one love 🙏🇿🇦🇯🇲🇬🇭🇰🇪🇿🇼🇬🇲

Loved this!was super interesting to hear

Turning right on red depends on where you live. It can vary by state and municipality.

One that really shoooock me was the invincible fence for dogs.

Okare you're in heaven! Haibo the lighting!

Chile I giggled throughout the entire video 😭🤣.

Lmao😂🤣🤣as for quantum and Polo GTI 😂🤣you cracked me up straight,I also struggled when I was working for United nation Hq

Hahaha I was cracking up throughout this video, very informative 😂

we must take 10 million south africans,, proper ones with maPara included,, we shall restructure america,,, this will go to history,,, cause mzansi is thee country of countries,,

You have great energy. Love the video

Hi modi I have just watched your video clip I felt the same way you did when I came to this country as an African student.

Gumba-gumba pack 😅. Nice video ausi. I think Quantums are SA style taxis, manufactured in Durban. If possible, try to be slower when you speak. All your points are nice. Speedpoint machine, etc. 👌

When you said nnete, nnete wow I enjoyed it. Motswana here in Toronto. Much love

the card payment part did it for me !

We will miss you Mama, love from SOWETO

Enjoyed it ❤️. Time thing is almost like CT a 30mins drive here is not that much as compared to when I am in Limpopo it feels like I’m driving 2hours. 🤣 Also Self service we have quite a number of self service stuff.

Love your videos... Thank you so much for this 💕

USA is expensive, I was there for a short while. Even buying bread was shocking, normal bread for about R30 back in 2002. Then there's this tax thing. As for hair, I refused. Braids were going for thousands of rands back then. I kept relaxing my hair until I came back home. As for snow 🥶🥶🥶😭😭😭 then we got invited to a barbecue, and we thought of Madea's cookout. Was it not a vienna braai 🤣🤣🤣🤣 the disappointment... Americans though

I've heard another RU-vidr complain and shocked by the braids prices.

I adore your video because you speak fast and you haven't learned the habit of saying "like" before each word!

Girl, you're from Centurion?! No way! 😲 So am I! 💜

Wow. I just googled how much 90 dollars is in rands. Yeesh! Ayingeke, ngamane uyeke. 😆

When you watch video and you here that "ja" it hits hard 🙂

Love the video ❤️😌 But I'm still surprised by the payment of unbrading & washing your hair 😱 R1 260 😭. USA is so expensive bathong. So now do you braid your hair?

Next time please bring props. I want to see the Gimba food items.

English is a derivative of Greek and Hebrew- we speak a derivative of our mother tongue ( hebrew- Aramaic; which is not a "white" mans language due to popular belief/lies)- its a way deeper history to us as "black" Americans. That's something most people don't know or care to know due to mental conditioning and lies. So we speak our language- also English is the number one business language around the world- so many people speak it abroad: plus we never learn or are encouraged to learn anything other than english

the petrol service and speed point is stressing me out huh! yuh

Sounds like heaven 😍 ❤

I love your Vlogs ❤❤❤

I love the picture frame of you and your Ma 😍

My shock was how many black cars are on American roads, it's like everyone drives a black car, in SA we don't like black cars, it is an obvious difference.

America is one of the few countries to still use the Imperial system (there's only 2 or so countries that do). It is left over from when the UK controlled the USA. You'd think they'd want to get rid of it because of the UK colonialism connection, but no. They still insist it's the "best" system, despite the opposite being so obvious all the rest of the world has changed to metric. Funnily enough, even the drug cartels in the US use the metric system! :) Everyone knows the metric system is better because of it's simplicity and elegance. The US was going to change to the metric system in the 60s, but the next president came in and abolished the law that said they had to change before it was enacted.

The way I want to move to USA . I’m literally so tired of Asia😢 Great video ❤

SISSSSSS you are in Georgia 🥰🥰. We need to hang . I’m about 45-50 mins away from Atlanta.

notification gang 🥺😍

Wow you speak fast! Lol. Cool vid

Yes. The braids in the USA is crazy

Is this video on fast forward?😄 I watched it so fast🔥

OOOO FAV 😍😍

I’ve never seen a Quantum 😂😂😂💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 SAME SIS

The testimony I have the day I had to put in gas for the first time 😭

it's giving accent❤️🤌🏽

Wow

WOW.....chill ...your moving fast

First one here 🥺🥺

This scares me😭😭😭

I love ❤ your videos

♥️♥️♥️

Can I please do a reaction video 😂😂😂🙆🏽‍♂️ Damn $90 for just hair 🤯

Letting someone walk off to some backroom with my card is weird.

You just spoke in my language Sepedi,where in SA are you from

Dont't say robot, it is traffic light

So undoing your braids and washing your hair cost was R1350 I can't deal.

Speak on it!!!!

My God time difference really? That’s worldly

English is Vernac there.

I wanna go to the United States but I'll keep my xhosa culture

They way I want to come to the us😭😭

Please do more sit down videos

people are leaving america n come to africa n you go there your really bold

America and common sense....hey

You need to settle there sis SA is a nightmare especially with loadshedding and corruption. I'm also planning to move soon. 😊

😂😂😂... Quantums are a South African thing that's what makes us unique. 😌😌😌

Americans don't do Vrrrpha's like us sis, they have a different version

Ke rata Sepedi sa gago. Hope you enjoy yourself there♥️

Water pronunciation 😂😂😂🙆🏽‍♂️

That’s why I do my own hair bcoz fok man

Hi sis

😂😂😂😂😂

Doesn’t venac mean language of the land???

OMG slow down!!!

Yoh bra, why you speaking so fast? You got a rapping audition tomorrow? Sup from S.A👊

Store employees cannot sit down 💀

How did you expect to hear African vernacular languages in America? Like duh!

I love your video, but please talk slower... Whew

just talk slower next time please😅

are u treated like a foreigner there,do they call u names sista,just like how us South Africans treats others

Enjoy your video, just speak a bit slower....

Modisana you talk too fast slow down tog togi tog

Spoil yourself with braids😂

Pfft speaking vernac your in USA . Hehe Cece wake up